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Published by T.S. Arthur & Son, Philadelphia, PA, 1868
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Engravings (illustrator). 1st. items by T.S. Arthur (Fireside Angel), Mrs. M.O. Johnson (Peggy Muffin), Virginia F. Townsend, Mary Latham Clark, Nettie Carlisle, Alice Cary, Etc.; sans outside wraps Size: 12 vo . Magazine.
NY: Leavitt & Allen, 379 Broadway, ca 1852? 264 pages. Engraved frontispiece, chromolithograph presentation plate (blank), 4 engraved plates. 7.5x5", gold stamped red cloth, small colored onlays, edges gilt. Lieut G.W. Patten, US Army, 'The Bowl', Frederick A. Fickardt, 'Sons of Temperance, Brief History of Temperance in US, Narrative of Origin, Character & Progress of Order of Sons of Temperance', other temperance prose & poetry. Edges frayed, chipped, cover worn, soiled, text stained, offsetting from pressed leaves, foxed, fair.
Published by T. S. Arthur & Sons, 1871
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Sewn in original printed wraps. Covers edge-tattered. Previous owner's name in pencil at top of front cover. Little bit of soiling. Illustrations. 30 pages [pp. 73-104]. 7.5 x 5.75 inches. "The Editor, who gives his most earnest work to this magazine, striving to make it the purest, most attractive and most beautiful, offers it to all who love their children, and who desire to fill their tender minds with things pure, and true, and good, as a wise counselor, loving friend and pleasant companion." Publisher and editor of The Children's Hour, Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885), was a popular nineteenth century American author who also published Arthur's Home Magazine and contributed several stories to the monthly periodical Godey's Lady's Book. He is additionally remembered for his temperance novel, Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There. One of the other contributors is poet and writer, Hester A. Benedict Dickinson (1840-1921), a founder of the California Writers' Club and former president of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association. Contents: The Little Soldier (Uncle Herbert, pseud. T.S. Arthur); "Here's a Picture Frame" (Jennie Jones); Twilight Talks: Our Brothers and Sisters (Emilie Graham); In the Woods with Cousin Grace (Anna Wilmot); What is the Matter with Robby? (Katy); Chronicles of the Bird Family (Dainty Perkup); The Burnet Moth (E.B.D.); A Story of Four Little Mice (Hester A. Benedict); The Use of Remembering; Bessie's Faith (Mrs. Mary Latham Clark); A Dinner and a Kiss; Charlie and the Hen; Which Do I Love the Most (Mrs. E. B. Duffey).
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1859 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 342 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1876 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 382.